Journaling and More

Okay, you hate to write. The thought of journaling sends you into a tailspin. You hate it. You don’t write well. It’s so hard, and you do not know what to write about. You are not a writer. If you agree with several of these statements, you are not alone.

Myth 1. You have to write well to journal

Myth 2. You have to love to write to journal and reap the benefits

Myth 3. There is only one way to journal (there are right and wrong ways to journal)

Myth 4. Journaling helps you right away

All the statements above are myths. I will show you why these are not so and how you too can the reap benefits of journaling. I believe almost everyone can keep a journal and benefit from it. 

1.You have to write well to journal. This is just not true. Journaling is for yourself to yourself. You can be terrible writer and  still be able to journal. I have a writing disability but that does not stop me from journaling. All the stuff you learned in English class goes out the window when it comes to journaling. Writing really fast is best so there will be a lot of errors. Just accept this and keep writing on. 

2. You have to love to write to journal to reap the benefits. Not true at all. Journaling is for stress release, personal growth, and change. You can still gain the benefits by writing a few sentences and doodling or drawing below your writing. Your journal writing or doodling does not have to be beautiful. My written words are messy, and I am not a great artist by any means.

3. There is only one way to journal (there are right and wrong ways to journal). Totally untrue. Though on this blog I want to focus mainly on journaling for personal growth and change, journaling is not one size fits all. There are so many techniques in journaling and various types of journals. Click here learn about the different techniques. 

4. Journaling helps you right away. Not always true. Though I often get stress relief right after a brain dump on paper (free writing), it takes time for personal growth and change to happen . That is why I stress you take my 30 day challenge and write everyday for 30 days. 

In summary, you still can get benefits from journaling even if you have flunked out of English class. Even if you didn’t go to college or really hate to write, journaling can greatly help you. 

I am busy creating a membership for wannabe and newbie journalers. You will receive a prompt every day to journal on. It will take less than 20 minutes for the average person to journal.